[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING BOB MARLEY

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Madam Speaker, yesterday was the birthday of Bob 
Marley.
  Born on February 6, 1944, in Jamaica, he became a reggae pioneer. 
From humble beginnings, Marley went on to sell more than 20 million 
records and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
  His music has served as an inspiration and mantra for social 
movement. Let's hear some of those words now:

     How can you be sitting there
     Telling me that you care--
     That you care?
     When every time I look around,
     The people suffer in the suffering
     In every way, in everywhere.

  And:

     Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
     None but ourselves can free our minds.
     Have no fear for atomic energy,
     `Cause none of them can stop the time.
     How long shall they kill our prophets
     While we stand aside and look?
     Some say it's just a part of it,
     We've got to fulfill di book.
     Won't you help me sing
     These songs of freedom?
     `Cause all I ever had,
     Redemption songs.

  We need redemption.
  Happy birthday to Bob Marley.

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